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i understand that in japan many of them never leave the house, they play video games all the time. >> yeah. >> and i've also heard -- i cannot track this down -- about declining testosterone levels in the american public. could this be something that's going on, that we are just losing that masculine drive and desire? is i mean, george gilbert's argument always was that many men got married because they were tired of hunting/gathering, they wanted to become farmers. [laughter] i mean, it's true. >> yeah, yeah. >> a lot of men, that's the great impetus, regularity. >> right. >> and i was just wondering whether or not you've explored this business about men -- these creatures simply losing interest in sex or getting it off the pornography off the web or something, or doing it some other way -- >> sure. >> -- and can that physical aspect may be a critical element to add to your list. >> yeah. you know, i haven't heard about a loss of interest in sex among boys. what i have read about and i think is worth taking very seriously is the predominance of porn in their lives. this has become a
i understand that in japan many of them never leave the house, they play video games all the time. >> yeah. >> and i've also heard -- i cannot track this down -- about declining testosterone levels in the american public. could this be something that's going on, that we are just losing that masculine drive and desire? is i mean, george gilbert's argument always was that many men got married because they were tired of hunting/gathering, they wanted to become farmers. [laughter] i...
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all over the developed world, in asia, in japan, korea, china and in eastern europe. everywhere where people garner universities girls are doing better. now how that is going to play out in those various countries, think it is really going to depend on individual cultures and how they deal with this. but i think that we will be seeing a collapse in fertility and a lot of those countries as we already have. >> thank you kay. thank you all for coming. this book is "manning up." [applause] >> c-span's local content vehicles are traveling the country visiting cities and towns as we explore a nation's history and some of the authors who have touched upon it through their work. this weekend on book tv, we take you to downtown indianapolis for a look at the new kurt kurt vont zamora library. >> kurt vonnegut was perhaps the greatest american writer. he was a world war ii veteran. he was a hoosier. he was a satirist. he was a political activist. he was a husband. he was the father. he was a friend. he was a friend to his fans. he would write back to his fans. he wrote more th
all over the developed world, in asia, in japan, korea, china and in eastern europe. everywhere where people garner universities girls are doing better. now how that is going to play out in those various countries, think it is really going to depend on individual cultures and how they deal with this. but i think that we will be seeing a collapse in fertility and a lot of those countries as we already have. >> thank you kay. thank you all for coming. this book is "manning up."...
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let's use an example of japan. when something of that magnitude hits, the international community gets involved. we send resources. how do we budget for federally unexpected disasters? guest: first of all, our foreign aid budget is 01% of our total expenditures. i believe with many of the new members of congress that we should be evaluating every program, cutting out waste, fraud, and abuse. certainly there are programs that may not be as efficient as others. even in the foreign aid program when i was the chair and ranking member, we worked together in a bipartisan way to make sure there was oversight. we are sending billions of dollars to afghanistan, billions of dollars to pakistan. the total budget is only 1%. i got a deep, black. about the $3 billion that was on a palette going from afghanistan. i immediately held up all that money until we came to a conclusion and an understanding as to where that money came from and where it was going. we provide excellent oversight on our foreign aid budget and weekends to d
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interestingly enough, countries like south korea and japan never had an influential feminist movement are seeing similar success among women in school. i would add two other factors. the first is what barbara defoe whitehead has called the girl project. by the 1990s, and that seems to be a real dividing point that i described here. by the 1990s and even starting in the '80s parents were gaenldz in a new kind of child or a rather girl-rearing. they were intent on creating a new breed of girl. self-confident, ambitious. that's the wrong one. okay. i'll go to the next -- there we go. girl power. they were intent on creating a new breed of girl, self-confident, ambitious even as some girls have said kick ass, they have their own tv and movie shows and their own scholarships. the message for girls, go forth and achieve. the other reason for women's success, i believe, is changes in the economy that i talked about earlier. these changes were very friendly to women. for the most part up until the 1970s, women looked for employment for the simple reason that they and their families needed the
interestingly enough, countries like south korea and japan never had an influential feminist movement are seeing similar success among women in school. i would add two other factors. the first is what barbara defoe whitehead has called the girl project. by the 1990s, and that seems to be a real dividing point that i described here. by the 1990s and even starting in the '80s parents were gaenldz in a new kind of child or a rather girl-rearing. they were intent on creating a new breed of girl....
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china through all kinds of wars with among other people, japan, france and other nations as a nation deeply, deeply changing. and by 1912, it was ready for the biggest change of all. millennia of imperial rule were coming to an end and the first-ever chinese republic was being born. and when the republic was born, these young men became modern china's founding fathers. the prime minister of that republic was a graduate, his foreign minister was to graduate. many figured out how to build railroads on the large scale across canada with a graduate. the father of the commander of the chinese was a graduate was china's harvard was also a graduate. and here are all these young men walking around the forbidden city, talking to each other in english, saying things like that the right, old boy. it will be okay. this was the highlight of their lives. they were expecting that sooner or later china was very and they were heartbroken. china soon fell into a series of warbird of them and after that japanese invasion, after that, civil war. after that, communist. and as the successful men turned ol
china through all kinds of wars with among other people, japan, france and other nations as a nation deeply, deeply changing. and by 1912, it was ready for the biggest change of all. millennia of imperial rule were coming to an end and the first-ever chinese republic was being born. and when the republic was born, these young men became modern china's founding fathers. the prime minister of that republic was a graduate, his foreign minister was to graduate. many figured out how to build...
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in the 1980's everyone in america was terrified of japan incorporated. i think if the japanese had bought rockefeller and the other high-profile things like that and you mentioned some of that in your notebook, japan incorporated disappeared, and now we're sort of waiting for japan to be one of these debt dominoes hundred% of gdp. as china the new japanpgpg incorporated? poe wepo overstating whether0gpg people should be concerned aboug pg answer is i don't know because if i knew i would have treated that already.popopopo >> host: how can you be inpgpgpo washington without --0g0g0gpgpgg >> guest: good point. but my sensepo is that becausepg what can happen, by the way, weg know that japan was a housing crisis that led to a situation.o the property won again it is tho central america solve thesepo0gg problems because of the economio malaise thepg country suffered since thatpg time.0gpgpgpgpgpg it's now 30 years later and it can be longer-term and some sustained basis which is quite detrimental. we don't know. nobody knows how china is going to look and 20,
in the 1980's everyone in america was terrified of japan incorporated. i think if the japanese had bought rockefeller and the other high-profile things like that and you mentioned some of that in your notebook, japan incorporated disappeared, and now we're sort of waiting for japan to be one of these debt dominoes hundred% of gdp. as china the new japanpgpg incorporated? poe wepo overstating whether0gpg people should be concerned aboug pg answer is i don't know because if i knew i would have...
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china, through the boxer rebellion, through all kind of wars with, you know, among other people, japan, france, and other nations was a nation deeply, deeply changing, and by 1912, it was ready for the biggest change of all. milenia of imperial rule was coming to an end, and first ever chinese republic was being born. when that republic was born, these young men were china's founding fathers. the founder was a graduate, and his foreign minister was a graduate. the man who built railroads on the large scale across china was a graduate. the father of the commander of the chinese navy was a graduate and the founder of china's harvard was also a graduate. here's these young men talking in english and saying that's all right, old, boy, it'll be okay. this was the highlight of their lives. they were expecting that sooner or later china will thrive, and they were heart broken. china soon fell into a series of war lordism and after that, japanese invasion, after that, civil war, after that, communism. as these successful men turned old and frail, they watch as everything they worked to achieve
china, through the boxer rebellion, through all kind of wars with, you know, among other people, japan, france, and other nations was a nation deeply, deeply changing, and by 1912, it was ready for the biggest change of all. milenia of imperial rule was coming to an end, and first ever chinese republic was being born. when that republic was born, these young men were china's founding fathers. the founder was a graduate, and his foreign minister was a graduate. the man who built railroads on the...
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regarding radioactive release from japan. i will now turn to the factors that assure us of on growing domestic reactor safety. we have since the beginning of the regulatory program in the united states used a philosophy of defense which recognizes nuclear reactors require the highest standards of design, construction, oversight and operation and safety doesn't rely on any single level in order to protect the public health and safety. there are multiple physical barriers, products release at every reactor design and beyond that they are both fighters and redundant systems that are required to be maintained in an operable condition and they are frequently tested to ensure the plant is in the high condition of readiness to respond to any scenario. beyond this we've taken advantage of lessons learned from previous operating experience as to implement a program of continuous improvement. we've learned from the experiences across a wide range of situations in putting the three mile island accident of 1979. as a result of the lesson
regarding radioactive release from japan. i will now turn to the factors that assure us of on growing domestic reactor safety. we have since the beginning of the regulatory program in the united states used a philosophy of defense which recognizes nuclear reactors require the highest standards of design, construction, oversight and operation and safety doesn't rely on any single level in order to protect the public health and safety. there are multiple physical barriers, products release at...
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and we are doing everything we can and we will do everything we can to help the people of japan. we ought to be doing what we can t help the people of libya on the face that in some cases toe some individuals may be worse than death.ll -- i so i hope my colleagues, i hope the majority leader will allow a vote on this senate resolution as soon as possible.ho i ever said there will be those who made like to see slightly to different language and we would be glad to change the language e somewhat. m but we won't change the messaget the united states of america, as the senate, the united states op america is standing on the sidef of people who are standing up for freedom and democracy, a universal day that we treasure. and we will not step in our obligations, and those who say that the most powerful nation id the world is in capable of helping these people by install installing the new fly zone i nt think are not substantiated by the facts. general raymond odierno just the other day said we could install a no-fly zone in just a fewly z days. just a we could have a naval power offshor
and we are doing everything we can and we will do everything we can to help the people of japan. we ought to be doing what we can t help the people of libya on the face that in some cases toe some individuals may be worse than death.ll -- i so i hope my colleagues, i hope the majority leader will allow a vote on this senate resolution as soon as possible.ho i ever said there will be those who made like to see slightly to different language and we would be glad to change the language e somewhat....
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china through the boxer rebellion through all kinds of wars with him on other people of japan and france and other nations was a nation deeply, deeply changing, and by 1912, it was ready for the biggest change of all. the millennia of imperial rule was coming to an and in the first-ever chinese republic was being borne. when that republic was born, these young men became modern china's founding fathers. the prime minister of that republic was it red with. his foreign minister was a graduate. the man who figured out how to build railroads on a large scale across china was a graduate. the father of the commander of the chinese navy was a graduate and the founder of zhang wang university was also a graduate. and here were all these young men walking around the forbidden city talking to each other in english saying things like that is all right oh boy, it will be okay. this was the highlight of their lives. they were expecting that sooner or later china would survive. and they were heart broken. china soon fell into a series of warlordism and after that japanese invasions and after that civi
china through the boxer rebellion through all kinds of wars with him on other people of japan and france and other nations was a nation deeply, deeply changing, and by 1912, it was ready for the biggest change of all. the millennia of imperial rule was coming to an and in the first-ever chinese republic was being borne. when that republic was born, these young men became modern china's founding fathers. the prime minister of that republic was it red with. his foreign minister was a graduate....
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is china the new japan? are we overstating what the0g0gg >> guest: i would say the realpg answer is idled because if i knew i would have treated thatpg already. >> guest: they have issues around demographics, but i think the fact of the matter in which the government is dealing with these things i think bodes well in that they are sort of playing a chess game, multiple moves ahead of most policymakers around the world. >> host: we have five minutes left. let's focus on solutions that our u.s. audience might not be interested in. you mentioned the housing crisis, and when i think of the housing crisis, it makes me very pessimistic. i read your book, and i like to think we basically have the government to the federal reserve with artificially low interest rates and government-rated entities, fannie and freddie tilting and liquidity flows into the housing. we have a bubble caused by government mistakes, and the answer in washington is more government. now, you have a history of being in the financial markets. y
is china the new japan? are we overstating what the0g0gg >> guest: i would say the realpg answer is idled because if i knew i would have treated thatpg already. >> guest: they have issues around demographics, but i think the fact of the matter in which the government is dealing with these things i think bodes well in that they are sort of playing a chess game, multiple moves ahead of most policymakers around the world. >> host: we have five minutes left. let's focus on...
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japan has from an economist perspective, japan has lots of puzzling problems. and the economy has not been doing well for years. this crisis in the short run ads to that, but in the long run, it's largely awash, some estimate the effects of the economy providing job opportunities to people that we go the other way. but i think we're still worried about japan in a longer-term sense, the japanese economy has lost a lot of its energy but that's nothing to do with much of this crisis. >> thanks, barry. richard, tell us about political fallout in tokyo. and the foreign policy of the disaster's. >> i'm a little bit more pessimistic about the situation than barry is on the economic side because i do think it represents a serious challenge to the japanese political system. granted, everything that barry said i think we still have to be, have to recognize that before last friday's earthquake, the parameters governing japan's future trajectory were not great. it has a declining working age population and a growing elderly population. and so their big questions over the l
japan has from an economist perspective, japan has lots of puzzling problems. and the economy has not been doing well for years. this crisis in the short run ads to that, but in the long run, it's largely awash, some estimate the effects of the economy providing job opportunities to people that we go the other way. but i think we're still worried about japan in a longer-term sense, the japanese economy has lost a lot of its energy but that's nothing to do with much of this crisis. >>...
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president, tear gas and oilp fires raging in japan. the possibility of disease and starvation or unless. there are a great many things tt worry about in addition to the or spirit ere tens of thousands of people still unaccounted for. right now the effort needs to be helping those who need help,apab containing further damage a risk in getting japan back up and running again. then we can take the lessonstsua learned from this earthquakend s tsunami and apply them to make s her nuclear plants as safely as possible and hope the world did the same. the one under for nuclear yours provide, 20% of our electricity, 70% of our annoyed to city. japan has safety for react totyo various against 30% of its electricity from nuclear. france gets 80% of its electricity from nuclear power.c the united states inventedissued nuclear power, but the nuclear regulatory commission is not issued a construction license after a tragic airplane crash. we cannot stop drilling after a tragic oil spill unless we want to rely more on foreign oil, one up our prices,
president, tear gas and oilp fires raging in japan. the possibility of disease and starvation or unless. there are a great many things tt worry about in addition to the or spirit ere tens of thousands of people still unaccounted for. right now the effort needs to be helping those who need help,apab containing further damage a risk in getting japan back up and running again. then we can take the lessonstsua learned from this earthquakend s tsunami and apply them to make s her nuclear plants as...
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china through the boxer rebellion through all kinds of wars with another's japan and other nations was a nation deeply changing and by 1912 it was ready for the biggest change of all. millennia of imperial rule were coming to an end and the first-ever chinese republic was being born. when that republic was born these young men became modern china's founding fathers. the prime minister of that republic was a graduate, the man who figured out how to build railroads across china was a graduate. the father of the chinese navy was a graduate and the university which is considered china's harvard, also a graduate. here were all these young men walking around the forbidden city talking to each other in english saying things like that's right, boy. it will be okay. this was the highlight of their lives. they were expecting that sooner or later china will thrive. they were heartbroken. china soon fell into a series of warlord is some and after that chinese -- japanese invention and after that civil war and communism. has these successful men turned old and frail they watched as everything they
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-japan alliance. as i noted i think just the contrary we will emerge, japan will emerge with this with a closer and better and cheaper relationship. >> one of the issues we are aware is the japanese government structure has changed. we've gone from 1965 when the liberal democratic party actually had control of their parliament. and now we have the democratic party, japan. and i don't believe necessarily the democratic party of japan fell as strong as our military presence as the liberal democratic party. do you feel somehow that structure is going to be effective as well? >> i would offer that we have been extraordinarily happy to be working with dbj government over the past few years. as i noted in my opening statement, the prime minister, defense minister, foreign minister, chief cabinet secretary, the senior members of the dpj have made strong statements about the value of the alliance and the u.s. military presence in japan and about the commitment to move forward with of the realignment roadmap a
-japan alliance. as i noted i think just the contrary we will emerge, japan will emerge with this with a closer and better and cheaper relationship. >> one of the issues we are aware is the japanese government structure has changed. we've gone from 1965 when the liberal democratic party actually had control of their parliament. and now we have the democratic party, japan. and i don't believe necessarily the democratic party of japan fell as strong as our military presence as the liberal...
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with radioactive clouds over japan sky are crowding -- spreading throughout the region. but in other countries do? [speaking in russian] >> sorry. i have to of russian. trent lowe. >> translator: when chernobyl happened, other countries were protected because of the radioactive nuclides in the air. so to say that radioactive nuclides were there and settled. that's why my reservations were china and korea and russian far east to help, to have aircraft ready with iodine cesium or maybe with other. that will help to capture this radioactive nuclides from the air and to settle them, to put them in the sea. as for canada and the united states, the situation is different. because radioactive nuclides are in very, not very much in the air. the concentration is not great. the danger is only from -- i can remind you, when china was testing in the air, -- in the united states the concentration of iodine in the air was a little -- was so little that it was officially announced that non-valuable, non-necessary. nonvisible. nonvisible. at the same time, it turned out that in californ
with radioactive clouds over japan sky are crowding -- spreading throughout the region. but in other countries do? [speaking in russian] >> sorry. i have to of russian. trent lowe. >> translator: when chernobyl happened, other countries were protected because of the radioactive nuclides in the air. so to say that radioactive nuclides were there and settled. that's why my reservations were china and korea and russian far east to help, to have aircraft ready with iodine cesium or...
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-japan relationship is extremely close. i -- i believe we don't have a better, more steadfast ally in asia than the japanese people. and it's part of why i hope that people of japan understand that the people of the united states are with them at this moment in which they suffer so from this natural disaster and will do everything we can to help them. they're a proud people, but -- but now they can't handle this all alone and we want to help them. we're a proud people. i want to share with my colleagues a conversation i had with a gentleman who was in the american embassy -- serving in the american embassy in tokyo at the time of hurricane katrina. and he told me yesterday that japanese people lined up outside our embassy in tokyo after they heard about, watched films of hurricane katrina to offer help. whatever they could offer. and one private citizen of japan, unannounced, arrived at the embassy and wrote out a private check for $1 million for hurricane katrina relief. i mean, this is the -- the closeness of the relation
-japan relationship is extremely close. i -- i believe we don't have a better, more steadfast ally in asia than the japanese people. and it's part of why i hope that people of japan understand that the people of the united states are with them at this moment in which they suffer so from this natural disaster and will do everything we can to help them. they're a proud people, but -- but now they can't handle this all alone and we want to help them. we're a proud people. i want to share with my...
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you just came back from japan? >> guest: i just came back from japan. they have been an active ally, and regional talks which is essential. this is devastating. when you read the reports after you just met so many members of the diet and their leadership and you've been in their homes and had such in depth discussions for three or four days. to see it happening, is devastating. japan is probably one the most organized places i have ever visited. the streets are clean, the people are polite, there is a plan for everything that has to happen. and i know that they have been preparing for a possible earthquake or tsunami for a long time, but preparing for it, and then responding when the tall buildings are shaking and people are losing their lives, hopefully the lives lost will be kept to a minimum because of the preparation. >> yeah, this is also a domestic story. we've told you earlier that the waves are beginning to reach the coastline in hawaii. and it is scheduled to do so right now as we are speaking. viewer just tweeted to us that oregon's north coas
you just came back from japan? >> guest: i just came back from japan. they have been an active ally, and regional talks which is essential. this is devastating. when you read the reports after you just met so many members of the diet and their leadership and you've been in their homes and had such in depth discussions for three or four days. to see it happening, is devastating. japan is probably one the most organized places i have ever visited. the streets are clean, the people are...
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you were telling me on the break you've just come back from japan. >> guest: in came back from japan as part of a congressional exchange program. they are a good ally. they have been an active member of the six-party talks in the region which is so very essential. and this is just devastating. and when you viewed the reports after you just met so many members and their leadership and you go in their homes and you had such in-depth discussions for three or four days, to see this happening is just devastating. japan was probably one of the most organized places i have ever visited. the streets are clean. the people are polite. there is a plan for everything that has to happen. and i know that they have been preparing for a possible earthquake or a tsunami for a long time. they were preparing for it. and they're responding when the tall buildings are shaking. and people are losing their lives. hopefully, the lives lost will be kept to a minimum because of the preparation. >> host: yeah this is also a domestic story we told you earlier that the waves are beginning to reach the coastline
you were telling me on the break you've just come back from japan. >> guest: in came back from japan as part of a congressional exchange program. they are a good ally. they have been an active member of the six-party talks in the region which is so very essential. and this is just devastating. and when you viewed the reports after you just met so many members and their leadership and you go in their homes and you had such in-depth discussions for three or four days, to see this happening...
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japan is such a powerful economy and such an advanced economy. japan will rebuild. it's dealt with natural disasters before, will again, and japan will come back stronger than ever hopefully with our help. all right? thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> earlier, in the news conference, the president said he spoke to the prime minister saying the u.s. was rushing nuclear coolant to japan over the as a vulnerability of the nuclear plants there. there was a number of questions about libya there, and hillary clinton is heading there next week. more on that in a moment. in case you miss the the conference, we'll air it again tonight at eight o'clock eastern on c-span2. also, just a reminder too coming up at 2:30, more about libya here on c-span2 as libyan human development forum, live at 2:30. secretary of state clinton yesterday at a capitol hearing says she's meeting with members of the libyan opposition next week during a visit to cairo and the capitol of tunisia. she talked about the foreign operations budget at the state department. the remar
japan is such a powerful economy and such an advanced economy. japan will rebuild. it's dealt with natural disasters before, will again, and japan will come back stronger than ever hopefully with our help. all right? thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> earlier, in the news conference, the president said he spoke to the prime minister saying the u.s. was rushing nuclear coolant to japan over the as a vulnerability of the nuclear plants there. there was a number of...
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let's use an example of japan. when something of that magnitude hits, the international community gets involved. we send resources. how do we budget for federally unexpected disasters? guest: first of all, our foreign aid budget is 01% of our total expenditures. i believe with many of the new members of congress that we should be evaluating every program, cutting out waste, fraud, and abuse. certainly there are programs that may not be as efficient as others. even in the foreign aid program when i was the chair and ranking member, we worked together in a bipartisan way to make sure there was oversight. we are sending billions of dollars to afghanistan, billions of dollars to pakistan. the total budget is only 1%. i got a deep, black. about the $3 billion that was on a palette going from afghanistan. i immediately held up all that money until we came to a conclusion and an understanding as to where that money came from and where it was going. we provide excellent oversight on our foreign aid budget and weekends to d
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now we're, much more fortunate here because when you look at japan there are very few places in japan that aren't prone to a local tsunami. the entire east coast of japan is, is prone to this kind of disaster whereas we only have a limited part of the u.s. that will have a local tsunami hazard. the part of the alaska and the pacific part of off oregon and washington. but that's the only part that will have a local tsunami so we're much more fortunate than japan. >> let me ask one other question. the fy-12 budget proposes to cut mineral resources program by 9.6 million or 18% with corresponding reduction of 52 ftes. give me an overview of the program and why it is important to america's economic and national security interest. >> this is a unique program in the federal government. there is no duplication here, no other program like it. the usgs provides a service to the nation by taking input from all of the mineral industries around the country, stripping off any industry pro pre proprietary information and and as semiwling -- assembling that information and rolling up into statistics
now we're, much more fortunate here because when you look at japan there are very few places in japan that aren't prone to a local tsunami. the entire east coast of japan is, is prone to this kind of disaster whereas we only have a limited part of the u.s. that will have a local tsunami hazard. the part of the alaska and the pacific part of off oregon and washington. but that's the only part that will have a local tsunami so we're much more fortunate than japan. >> let me ask one other...
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the president of the of believes we have to be looking very very closely at the events in japan and as we said before, we have to apply whatever lessons that can be and will be learned. >> energy secretary stephen chu the nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory asko run capitol hill testifying on the energy department's fiscal year 2012 budget a nuclear power safety issues following the earthquake and tsunami in japan. watch the complete hearing now on line at c-span video library. search, watch clip and share. is washington your way. ..
the president of the of believes we have to be looking very very closely at the events in japan and as we said before, we have to apply whatever lessons that can be and will be learned. >> energy secretary stephen chu the nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory asko run capitol hill testifying on the energy department's fiscal year 2012 budget a nuclear power safety issues following the earthquake and tsunami in japan. watch the complete hearing now on line at c-span video library....
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in terms of international assistance, again, we export to japan. they export to us. we export to china. we are all interconnected. when there are asian flus, they are exported as well. i would be happy to talk to you further. host: we are trying to give you some news updates on the earthquake and tsunami as we talk here about these federal spending priorities. this is a sad story. as many as 300 bodies have been found in one city. the next telephone call as we talk about foreign spending with congresswoman nita lowey. this is a real personal story for her this morning. caller: i just want to say that i believe in giving foreign aid to people because people around the world need the help. a lot of the money goes to governments that keep it for themselves. as i was growing up as a kid, [unintelligible] i think they need to do a lot more in this country. thank you. guest: and thank you, sir. i do want to say that a good deal of our aid is delivered to organizations like save the children who are working with families and villages. there is a small group in guatemala, fo
in terms of international assistance, again, we export to japan. they export to us. we export to china. we are all interconnected. when there are asian flus, they are exported as well. i would be happy to talk to you further. host: we are trying to give you some news updates on the earthquake and tsunami as we talk here about these federal spending priorities. this is a sad story. as many as 300 bodies have been found in one city. the next telephone call as we talk about foreign spending with...
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we spend more money for health care than japan by far. we spend more money on health care than any other nation on earth by far. in japan they spend half as much than we do for health care, they get better results. everything from a higher life expectancy to lower infant mortality. they cover everybody. they spend half as much, get better results, cover everybody. how they can they be that smart and we be that dumb? one way to spend less money on health care is to have cleaner air. we can not only save billions of dollars, we've made great progress, we can save 10 maybe hundreds of billions of dollars to make air to make it cleaner. i'm happy to conclude it's a joy to see you presiding here and be here with you in this chamber with all of these young people and recount one of my favorite stories about barack obama and the six points i came to him 2, 2 1/2 years ago to refuse the deficit. we're starting -- reduce the deficit. and we're starting to do those things. with that, mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. thank you. the pre
we spend more money for health care than japan by far. we spend more money on health care than any other nation on earth by far. in japan they spend half as much than we do for health care, they get better results. everything from a higher life expectancy to lower infant mortality. they cover everybody. they spend half as much, get better results, cover everybody. how they can they be that smart and we be that dumb? one way to spend less money on health care is to have cleaner air. we can not...
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we have about a score of ships from our navy trying to help the good people of japan. we have got a big situation going on in the middle east. not only in libya but all over the middle east. we have a war going on in afghanistan as we speak. we have men and women whose lives are on the line in afghanistan, who are trying to draw down in iraq. we have just a lot of issues, mr. president, that we need to deal with. we know that there has to be budget cuts, and we're willing to do that, but let's also understand we can't balance our budget with what the tea party is wanting us to do. we have a huge problem in this country with deficits. now, mr. president, we have been a pretty good example of how we can balance the budget. we did it in the clinton years. we spent far less money than we were taking in. we were reducing the debt. we were not having annual deficits, so we know it can be done, but we have to do it in the right way, as we did. we want to work with our republican colleagues, and we have proven that we can do that with the two short-term c.r.'s that we have had
we have about a score of ships from our navy trying to help the good people of japan. we have got a big situation going on in the middle east. not only in libya but all over the middle east. we have a war going on in afghanistan as we speak. we have men and women whose lives are on the line in afghanistan, who are trying to draw down in iraq. we have just a lot of issues, mr. president, that we need to deal with. we know that there has to be budget cuts, and we're willing to do that, but let's...
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japan has a higher debt than we, i think the highest in the world. they've had an interesting way that they've been able to finance it. but they've had no growth for quite a long time. it is consistent with the rogoff reinhardt study. does that apply to us? we will, we are about 95% now. our debt is surging. by the end of this fiscal year september 30, the numbers are that our debt will be 100% of g.d.p. we wilwell above the figure. what does 1% growth mean? if you're looking for growth of 1% or 2%, it is half your growth maybe. what does it mean in other terms? experts have said that a 1% reduction in your growth amounts to a million jobs lost -- a million jobs lost. so i believe we're beginning to feel a negative pull on our bounce back from this recession as a result of growing debt right now, not years down the road as some people have been saying and predicting we're going to have a debt crisis down the road. i hate to say it. all i can tell you is what i've been told at our committee. erskine bowles -- he was president clinton's chief of staff,
japan has a higher debt than we, i think the highest in the world. they've had an interesting way that they've been able to finance it. but they've had no growth for quite a long time. it is consistent with the rogoff reinhardt study. does that apply to us? we will, we are about 95% now. our debt is surging. by the end of this fiscal year september 30, the numbers are that our debt will be 100% of g.d.p. we wilwell above the figure. what does 1% growth mean? if you're looking for growth of 1%...
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one thing that comes immediately to mind is the terrible tragedy unfolding in japan as we speak with the potential meltdown, the process of a nuclear reactor melting down. some of the technology, mr. president, being deployed to that situation which is technology developed by -- in the field of robotics, that technology was developed, a portion of it, through this sbir program. so that makes very relevant the debate that we're having on the floor today. when people go home or now turning on their televisions or listening to their radio or over the internet following those unfolding dramatic developments in japan knowing that one of the companies that's been deployed and some of the material from the united states actually was developed through this program. so that's just one of 1,000 examples that senator snowe and i have provided in terms of testimony before the small business committee to the "congressional record" and our numerous speeches on the floor, to talk about the importance of this program. what we'd like to do is -- i would like as the manager of this bill -- i'm not sur
one thing that comes immediately to mind is the terrible tragedy unfolding in japan as we speak with the potential meltdown, the process of a nuclear reactor melting down. some of the technology, mr. president, being deployed to that situation which is technology developed by -- in the field of robotics, that technology was developed, a portion of it, through this sbir program. so that makes very relevant the debate that we're having on the floor today. when people go home or now turning on...
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before i proceed, however, i would like to offer my sincere con doleances to the people of japan, as they work to recover from one of the worst natural disasters in their history. for many years now, japan has been a stall wart partner in afghanistan, an important contributor to the mission there. now our thoughts and our prayers are with our long-time allies and with all those in japan effected by the earthquake and tsunami. >> i can say i believe every person on the committee and every american as well. thank you for doing that. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> as a bottom line up front, it is isaf's assessment that the momentum achieved by the taliban since 2005 has been arrested inch of the country and reversed in a number of important areas. however, while the security progress achieved over the past year is significant, it is also tragedy i will and reversible. moreover, it is clear that much difficult work lies ahead with our afghan partners to solidify and expand our gains in the face of the expected taliban spring offensive. nonetheless, the hard fought achievements in 2010 an
before i proceed, however, i would like to offer my sincere con doleances to the people of japan, as they work to recover from one of the worst natural disasters in their history. for many years now, japan has been a stall wart partner in afghanistan, an important contributor to the mission there. now our thoughts and our prayers are with our long-time allies and with all those in japan effected by the earthquake and tsunami. >> i can say i believe every person on the committee and every...
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first i want to see as a new orleanan my heart goes out to people of japan. we know a little bit about what you're going through right now. ladies and gentlemen, as much as i was be which can be cited by comedy at an early age was also fascinated and seduced by journalism. i remember at age five or whenever it was my parents had blunt little scissors collecting matt heads for all the different sections of the daily papers we subscribe to. the main criterion for which was which of your papers in l.a. were still publishing and warrant the times. when my moment came to be interviewed on tv by art linker i confess my habit of making my parents took me to the out of town is stand in hollywood whenever possible, and for years our mailbox was filled with dailies from fergus falls minnesota and other far-flung locales. a couple days late but it didn't matter. when i entered college at the age of 15 by first stop was the option of the student newspaper were again that as a senior member. thank you. [laughter] our only source of income at the publication was the job of
first i want to see as a new orleanan my heart goes out to people of japan. we know a little bit about what you're going through right now. ladies and gentlemen, as much as i was be which can be cited by comedy at an early age was also fascinated and seduced by journalism. i remember at age five or whenever it was my parents had blunt little scissors collecting matt heads for all the different sections of the daily papers we subscribe to. the main criterion for which was which of your papers in...
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[laughter] when we looked upon what happened, the devastation that has hit japan and its impact, in be hawaii we have already felt it. our projections on our revenues have gone down for the first time as result of it, and we know what that's attributed to. we do know when we were voted in, david and i the new ones, people wanted us to address the economy and, specifically, jobs. because jobs is what makes each and every one of us feel good. jobs is what makes us have public confidence. jocks is what tells us we're on the right track, and we haven't seen one. eleven weeks have gone by, we haven't seen a jobs bill yet. but what's worse than that is we have seen cuts. and i'm hoping that the people do not accept just the mantra that if you cut, somehow that equates saving the economy -- equates to saving the economy. it's not the same. hook at what we've experienced -- look at what we've experienced in hawaii. the tsunami warning center has been cut. what does that mean? look at all of you who are watching the news reports and how many of you relied on those reports. it's a cut. those are
[laughter] when we looked upon what happened, the devastation that has hit japan and its impact, in be hawaii we have already felt it. our projections on our revenues have gone down for the first time as result of it, and we know what that's attributed to. we do know when we were voted in, david and i the new ones, people wanted us to address the economy and, specifically, jobs. because jobs is what makes each and every one of us feel good. jobs is what makes us have public confidence. jocks is...
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so often we hear on this floor discussion about china eating our lunch and clean energy, about japan and germany outpacing us in -- in wind and solar technology, but does anybody think that if those countries had a gulf of mexico or an anwar that they would not be drilling in those areas as we speak? does anyone think that those nations demagogue nuclear power or refuse to permit coal plants? their -- their energy policies are on better track than ours. they -- they're not just looking at what is happening today, they're looking -- they're looking tomorrow, they're looking today. they've got an energy policy that carries them out. there is an article in "the wall street journal" yesterday by nancen salari. he concludes this article with the statement that the u.s. does not have an energy problem, it has an energy strategy problem. think about that. it's not lacking the resources. it's the strategy for how we develop our energy resources. during his campaign, president obama liked to quote dr. martin luther king, and he talked about the fierce urgency of now. and there are few issues
so often we hear on this floor discussion about china eating our lunch and clean energy, about japan and germany outpacing us in -- in wind and solar technology, but does anybody think that if those countries had a gulf of mexico or an anwar that they would not be drilling in those areas as we speak? does anyone think that those nations demagogue nuclear power or refuse to permit coal plants? their -- their energy policies are on better track than ours. they -- they're not just looking at what...
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first, as a new new or, my heart goes out to japan. ladies and gentlemen, as much as i was bewitched by comedy at an early age, i was fascinated and seduced by journalism. i can remember at age 5 or whenever it was my parents trusted me with scissors, i cut out the mastheads for the section of the papers we subscribed to, the main criteria for whatever papers in l.a. were still publishing and were not the times. [laughter] when i came to be interviewed on tv, i confessed to my heabt of making my parents take me to the out of town newsstand in hollywood and for years our mailbox was filled with dailies from minnesota and other far flung locals. a couple days late, but it didn't matter. when entering college at 15, my first stop aves the the office of the student paper where i ended up assed senior editor. thank you. [laughter] the only source of pub my cation was if we had the job of putting the paper at bed at night and worked in a print shop where the entire staff was comprised of what we used to call deaf mutes. my chance of the edit
first, as a new new or, my heart goes out to japan. ladies and gentlemen, as much as i was bewitched by comedy at an early age, i was fascinated and seduced by journalism. i can remember at age 5 or whenever it was my parents trusted me with scissors, i cut out the mastheads for the section of the papers we subscribed to, the main criteria for whatever papers in l.a. were still publishing and were not the times. [laughter] when i came to be interviewed on tv, i confessed to my heabt of making...
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japan. turkey a special and interesting possibility given its particularly important role in the region and its current involvement in afghanistan, perhaps saudi arabia and perhaps others. we are not prescriptive with respect to that their role will be initially to work closely with the facilitator to help in fact eshouldn't -- cement ties and bring forward the kind of agreements that are absolutely necessary to see the inner afghan part of the process prosper. their second role will be and it will evolve in our view over time to also consult together and perhaps negotiate to understeak how and in what way the international community and particularly the region will both support what it is that the afghans can agree. support what the afghans would like with result, with respect to their future status in the region and the world. is it neutrality? is it none alignment or is it something else and make commitments themselves on critical future of afghanistan. central economic assistance and whe
japan. turkey a special and interesting possibility given its particularly important role in the region and its current involvement in afghanistan, perhaps saudi arabia and perhaps others. we are not prescriptive with respect to that their role will be initially to work closely with the facilitator to help in fact eshouldn't -- cement ties and bring forward the kind of agreements that are absolutely necessary to see the inner afghan part of the process prosper. their second role will be and it...
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if you are on the french you get one set of materials and fuel on the japan desk you get another and we believe we also have the ability as i mentioned earlier we will continue to push state department reporting to the other agencies, but it does a lot might put a burden on them to then take our material which we have provided to secretary defense so to speak, to the dod, and then to distribute that to their people according to the rule that only they are capable of defining because i think it would be wrong for me to say which individuals within an entity as large as the defense department or as large as that of dni or the intelligence community which needs what so we send it to them and i think they may be the ones who have to answer that second question about how they are going to distribute it efficiently and effectively as you and senator collins have talked about. >> thanks. any legislative recommendations or budget targeting? >> in terms of the legislative question, i agree with mr. kennedy. at this time, we do not see any additional legislation that we need. we are going thro
if you are on the french you get one set of materials and fuel on the japan desk you get another and we believe we also have the ability as i mentioned earlier we will continue to push state department reporting to the other agencies, but it does a lot might put a burden on them to then take our material which we have provided to secretary defense so to speak, to the dod, and then to distribute that to their people according to the rule that only they are capable of defining because i think it...
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they went to i don't see toerbgs japan, and -- they went to kyoto, japan, and said we want to join with all the other countries and reduce emissions from co2. this is a treaty you would sign on to. most of the european countries did. many others did. i might add now, many years later, none of them who signed on to it were able to accomplish any kind of reduction, meaningful reduction in emissions. but nonetheless, we had that. i remember standing here at this podium and saying back then that we're not going to ratify any agreement that was made at kyoto that doesn't affect the developing countries the same as the developed countries. in other words, if it's not going to cover china and mexico and different countries in africa, then we don't want to be just the only twhaupbz this affects -- the only ones this affects because it is going to be a punitive thing. secondly, we were not going to ratify any kind of treaty that was an economic hardship on our country. we successfully stopped it. in 2003 they started introducing legislation that would do by legislation what the kyoto treaty woul
they went to i don't see toerbgs japan, and -- they went to kyoto, japan, and said we want to join with all the other countries and reduce emissions from co2. this is a treaty you would sign on to. most of the european countries did. many others did. i might add now, many years later, none of them who signed on to it were able to accomplish any kind of reduction, meaningful reduction in emissions. but nonetheless, we had that. i remember standing here at this podium and saying back then that...
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at the same time there's a number of independent deemployers there a country such as japan, korea, russia, china they're all working together to try to deal with the problem but each of them with a little more different mandate, certainly whether they are escorting convoys through the gulf of aden or trying to protect their own national shipping, these are some of the strategies that they're employing but what i noticed when we were operating there is that despite national mandates, despite a few different approaches in how to deal with the problem, the crux of the issue is they all wanted to do something about piracy. so what we found is that everybody was working together to share information, to exchange bits of information that might prove useful to the locating pirate action groups to try to deal with the problem and i found a very constructive element while we were conducting our work over there. >> i just wanted to put a little vignette that kind of gives you a sense of how we dealt with certain issues out there. and i know we've got a bit of a strategic overlay and a sense of the
at the same time there's a number of independent deemployers there a country such as japan, korea, russia, china they're all working together to try to deal with the problem but each of them with a little more different mandate, certainly whether they are escorting convoys through the gulf of aden or trying to protect their own national shipping, these are some of the strategies that they're employing but what i noticed when we were operating there is that despite national mandates, despite a...
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that was with china, japan, korea, etc. i come from a family that has always had a part in military service and politics. and was very disappointed by the bush administration's unspeakable war in iraq. i am registered independent. in my opinion, it was a war of a corporate state against the country that had already been defeated in the gulf war. anybody knew it would only be a matter of time before saddam and his apparatus would be dismissed and a big change would come in iraq. instead, we lost 5000 of our precious young people. everyone of them was a volunteer. remiss handled -- we mishandled the entire iraqi situation. this was indescribable. we're now involved in a war and afghanistan. i see the casualty list every day on the news when i watched national public television. i am deeply disturbed by the way the president who live voted for -- the way he and his a ministration have handled our foreign affairs in the middle east. host: let's get a comment from congressman larson. guest: thank you for your service to the coun
that was with china, japan, korea, etc. i come from a family that has always had a part in military service and politics. and was very disappointed by the bush administration's unspeakable war in iraq. i am registered independent. in my opinion, it was a war of a corporate state against the country that had already been defeated in the gulf war. anybody knew it would only be a matter of time before saddam and his apparatus would be dismissed and a big change would come in iraq. instead, we lost...
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what's going on in japan right now, i -- i shy away from the idea of saying, oh, well then we've got to stop ever building any nuclear power plant forever. i'm not a big fan of nuclear power but i don't think you make decisions like that, you don't maybe them out of emotion, you don't make them because there's a catastrophe in another country -- maybe there is, maybe there isn't, i haven't checked the news in four or five hours -- but that's 20% of all of our power in this country. so before we make that decision, let's be thoughtful about it. i think we ought to be thoughtful about this amendment, saying -- the mcconnell amendment saying forever and forever that the e.p.a. will be completely stripped away in terms of any power for -- for -- for carbon monoxide, climate problems. and to boot -- plus anything else that creates carbon. it could be factories, any -- all kinds of things. they will be completely free of any kind of regulation. and i think that's wrong. i think the regulation has to be put in place which is reasonab reasonable, which would be the purpose of my amendment fo
what's going on in japan right now, i -- i shy away from the idea of saying, oh, well then we've got to stop ever building any nuclear power plant forever. i'm not a big fan of nuclear power but i don't think you make decisions like that, you don't maybe them out of emotion, you don't make them because there's a catastrophe in another country -- maybe there is, maybe there isn't, i haven't checked the news in four or five hours -- but that's 20% of all of our power in this country. so before we...
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at the same time, there's a number of any plant players that just depend on to japan, korea russia, china are working together to do with the problem. the deep with more subtle mandate. certainly whether they are escorting convoys to the goal for wegener protecting our national shipping. these are some strategies they are employing. i noted when we were operating there is despite national mandates, despite a few different approaches to how to do with the problem, the crux of the issue is that wanted to do something about piracy. so what we found if everybody was working together to share information, to exchange bits of information that might prove useful to locating pirate action groups to try to do with the problem in the shared responsibility i found a very construct development while we were connecting our work over there. just wanted to put a little vignettes and kind of give you a sense of how we dealt with certain issues they are. and i know that we've got a bit of a strategic overlay any sense of the operational environment. or to put yourself into my position as the ship's captai
at the same time, there's a number of any plant players that just depend on to japan, korea russia, china are working together to do with the problem. the deep with more subtle mandate. certainly whether they are escorting convoys to the goal for wegener protecting our national shipping. these are some strategies they are employing. i noted when we were operating there is despite national mandates, despite a few different approaches to how to do with the problem, the crux of the issue is that...
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china, japan, other foreign holders, oil exporters, the u.k., and you begin to understand the point. billions of dollars annually are being borrowed from foreigners who have really no home interest in our nation. the interest payments on our debt will increase to almos almost $1 trillion by 2020. an increase of 370% since 2009. again, just look at the chart. the numbers don't lie. a nearly 380% increase by 2020. now the american people are absolutely appalled at trillion dollar annual deficits. just imagine their horror at trillion dollar annual interest payments. and what if current interest rates go up, which many project that they will, each 1% increase in interest rates equals, get this, $140 billion in additional debt. our interest payments alone will eventually bankrupt our country before we even begin to think about providing services to our citizens. and everything will suffer. if you like education, guess what? it will suffer. if you want to build more roadsd bridges, guess what? it will suffer. our society will suffer. probably most importantly, for those of us in the unite
china, japan, other foreign holders, oil exporters, the u.k., and you begin to understand the point. billions of dollars annually are being borrowed from foreigners who have really no home interest in our nation. the interest payments on our debt will increase to almos almost $1 trillion by 2020. an increase of 370% since 2009. again, just look at the chart. the numbers don't lie. a nearly 380% increase by 2020. now the american people are absolutely appalled at trillion dollar annual deficits....
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many people have said japan is locked in crisis, that crisis is coming because of the debt that they've accumulated. when that comes to america, do we want to have government by crisis? already we can't even pass a budget. we can't pass appropriations bills. our bills do not even go to the committees anymore. they just come to the floor and we put a patchwork quilt on them and there's a chance this ends up being two more weeks. it is not the way you should run government. if you want to have a significant plan for changing things, send things through the committee. if up to the have a realistic way of running government, have appropriations bills. if you want to be someone who believes in good, responsible government, for goodness sakes, pass a budget. we didn't pass a budget last year. this chart shows how big the problem is. i wish i had a magnifying glass because that's the only way you could see the other side's proposal. $6 billion in cuts. it's one day's borrowing. it's not even one day's spending that they're talking about. it's insignificant, it's inconsequential, and it will do
many people have said japan is locked in crisis, that crisis is coming because of the debt that they've accumulated. when that comes to america, do we want to have government by crisis? already we can't even pass a budget. we can't pass appropriations bills. our bills do not even go to the committees anymore. they just come to the floor and we put a patchwork quilt on them and there's a chance this ends up being two more weeks. it is not the way you should run government. if you want to have a...
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now, just for a minute i'm going to deviate over there to what's happened in -- over in japan. we just came from a hearing and i'm very proud that not just our administration, the president, and the secretary of energy, but also the nuclear regulatory commission has said that that should not affect what we're doing right now. we currently have 12 applications pending. two of them are pending for almost immediate consideration for nuclear reactors so that we will get into nuclear. right now we only develop about 20% of our energy from nuclear. france, for example, does 80%. and so that's something that's out there. and i would say that in my opinion, as one member of the united states senate, in order to stop, not reduce, but stop our dependence upon the middle east all together, all we have to do is keep working on all the above. i want wind, i want solar, all of that. i also want those things that are developed and available today, coal, gas, and oil. now, you may wonder what i'm getting around to with these charts is the fact that we have a -- everyone admits that the -- that
now, just for a minute i'm going to deviate over there to what's happened in -- over in japan. we just came from a hearing and i'm very proud that not just our administration, the president, and the secretary of energy, but also the nuclear regulatory commission has said that that should not affect what we're doing right now. we currently have 12 applications pending. two of them are pending for almost immediate consideration for nuclear reactors so that we will get into nuclear. right now we...
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today, praying for the survivors in japan after that terrible earthquake, remember those who died in katrina, and the rebuild is not going on in new orleans and even those who have lost their lives in 9/11. we know several things. we know infrastructure matters and we know transportation matters. we've know people who take the people on the systems matter greatly. and i think that's something we should bear in mind. i think today is the time for courage and confidence in how we move forward on our transportation system and our new legislation. i don't think it's a time for how much less we should spend on transit and highways suspect this is a time how much one wishes been and how wisely we should spend it. in the last months, in the recent two-year period, apta has said it. every state, 75% of those states, communities that have taken on the funding issues about transit, the ballot initiatives and other local referendums have seen the members in this committee, republicans and democrats alike, support those measures. and i think that is a sign of confidence that we should take as we
today, praying for the survivors in japan after that terrible earthquake, remember those who died in katrina, and the rebuild is not going on in new orleans and even those who have lost their lives in 9/11. we know several things. we know infrastructure matters and we know transportation matters. we've know people who take the people on the systems matter greatly. and i think that's something we should bear in mind. i think today is the time for courage and confidence in how we move forward on...
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Mar 19, 2011
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we don't know what happened in japan. we know about the earthquake and the tsunami but we don't know enough about the systems and what has worked and failed. but we need to study and learn and make sure we continue to have safe, reliable, queen nuclear energy in the united states. let me kind of come to a conclusion here about saying this. we've republicans need to be careful when we talk about cutting spending and we talk about not raising taxes. in fact in my view i would propose cutting taxes. today in the world we have a global battle for capital yet because of our mistaken tax codes we have a trillion dollars of u.s. money stranded overseas and to our multinational corporations just sitting and it's either going to sit there or it's when to be invested in the foreign economies in europe and asia and south america. we need to repatriate that trillion dollars. we need to tell these companies bring this money home, bring it home tax-free. because that money isn't coming home. we need that money to come home to build new
we don't know what happened in japan. we know about the earthquake and the tsunami but we don't know enough about the systems and what has worked and failed. but we need to study and learn and make sure we continue to have safe, reliable, queen nuclear energy in the united states. let me kind of come to a conclusion here about saying this. we've republicans need to be careful when we talk about cutting spending and we talk about not raising taxes. in fact in my view i would propose cutting...